LaLiga President: Infantino supported the European Super League
Javier Tebas, President of the Spanish League (La Liga), revealed that Swiss President Gianni Infantino, President of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), supported the idea of the European Super League, after receiving guarantees from the clubs that they will participate in the FIFA Club World Cup in a new form every year. .
The British news agency (BA Media) reported that Infantino confirmed last week that his job is to speak to big and small clubs alike, but that does not mean that (FIFA) "was complicit, supportive, or behind the scheme of the European Super League."
But Tebas believes that the plans to hold the Club World Cup every year, and the participation of European Super League clubs, as well as the establishment of the World Cup for men and women every two years, are linked to an investment project.
Tebas explained, "Infantino supported the idea of the Super League, because the founding clubs of that tournament guaranteed their participation in the FIFA Club World Cup tournaments."
He continued, "This is FIFA's strategy. I do not say that on my own."
(FIFA) refused to comment on Tebas’s statements, when contacted by the British News Agency (BA Media), but the International Federation of the Game referred to Infantino’s statements during the FIFA Congress that was held last Friday.
Infantino said that football should not deviate from the structure set in place for it, in order to meet any challenges it faces at the present time, stressing the need to start over and open a new page.
FIFA launched a new discussion yesterday aimed at planning the shape of football in the future.
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